Review of The Big Red One (1980) by Josh L — 16 Nov 2008
Not only is it a brilliant and realistic (except for 2 small things: the fact that the Nazis left that artillery piece alone wit only like 6 guys and the whole African French-American hugs part) but its probably the first movie to ever accuratley portray what emotions go thru soldiers heads. There are solid preformances all around and even though the voiceover was somewhat irritating in the beginning it grew on me. I actually think that they couldve skipped the north african invasion part but it served the purpose of character introduction.
Probably in my top 5 war movies: Saving Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Apocalypse Now, The Big Red One, Black Hawk Down, All Quiet on the Western Front.
This review of The Big Red One (1980) was written by Josh L on 16 Nov 2008.
The Big Red One has generally received positive reviews.
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